(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Ok yesterday me, my mom, and my grandfather, caught two men trying to steal a washing machine while we were hunting on the creek. They tried to hurry up and leave but all three of us had rifles. When we approached them my grandfather was livid and asked the man "What the hell are you doing?". I sat back and watched with my gun because i had never encountered a situation like this. The man told my grandfather that he was trying to make a "Honest Dollar." They had already stolen my grandmothers freezer and now they came back for the washing machine. The other thief had a gun on him as well, but he was to scared and outnumbered. It was all a rush and I wanted to shoot them when they were trying to escape, but I had forgot to reload. We took their license plate number and told them to never come back. My grandfather is nervous about pressing charges because he owns the farm and they might retaliate, for example lighting the farm on fire and thus we lose all the land and hay we put out for the cows. Also, today, i found out they sent someone else to the farm while we weren't there and they threw a rock on the pitbull that stays there. She was in her cage and has many cuts to her face. Now for the questions. What would of happen if I shot at them while they were trying to flee before we caught them? Should i have shot at them? Should we press charge over something that costs 50 $ or risk them coming back and destroying our million dollar farm. I was pretty nervous to say the least.

Do what they did on Walking Dead.. Get in the barn and just sit there with a gun if/when they come back BOOM

Guns.. who needs them?

What would you do?

Since nobody has yet to respond with a legitimate answer, I don't think shooting was necessary. Yes, they did perform criminal activities and did trespass, however the need to injure and possibly take a life is simply not worth it. They have to learn to work without having to bypass the law like the rest of us. If the instance happens again, then report charges as they were already warned. I also doubt they are to retaliate because who else would be the obvious suspect? The ones that were caught.

It is a very fickle situation; let's see if this can be resolved without the need for violence. They dog abuse is hard to prove nor disprove as being them, so I can't comment due to the fact there aren't enough details to voice my opinion on it. I'm hoping they returned the washing machine though, if not, then I believe that you should press charges instead of waiting for one more occurrence.

Best of luck to ya buddy.

Punched them in the FACE







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We stopped them before they could take it and made them put it back. They had many other stolen items in the back of their truck as well, such as a very large industrial motor. We were thinking about putting cameras around the area.

So this is ongoing with others? Bets notify authority then.

Legally, you could have shot them depending on the country or state you're in. In Florida, where I live, we have stand your ground, meaning if you are being threatened, you can shoot them, stab them, or just chew their faces off if you're in Miami @LOVOL. That would include armed robbery. I'd alert the cops, if they did anything to your farm theyd have to compensate you for it. If this is ongoing, it could escalate. If it escalates, someone could get shot. Report to Cops > Getting Shot.

Any time I read something like this my blood starts to boil, I would have shot them, Fuck the Consequences, that's absolutely disgusting stealing other peoples property and "trying to make a "Honest Dollar."" If someone tried to steal any of my possessions and said they were trying to make an honest dollar I would have gone nuclear right in front of them and killed them.